The Art And Science Of Couples Therapy

3 CE Credits

If most individual problems are complex and difficult, what conclusions can possibly be drawn about treating the average couple? Yet, in the past 25 years, couples therapy experts have developed many successful techniques.

Some of the field’s best practitioners have created a virtual science of marriage. In Reading Course R133, several of these experts provide guidance for handling couples in the consulting room.

Here's What Reading Course R133, The Art and Science of Couples Therapy, Covers:

The latest research on couples therapy and the qualities of “successful” couples.

A step-by-step guide to a surprisingly common-sense approach to marital therapy, based on 30 years of path-breaking research.

Susan Johnson demonstrates how to conduct Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, one of the best validated couples treatment methods in North America.

The toll that the birth of a child can take on a marriage and how to help couples reclaim their own relationship as new parents.

How Buddhist mindfulness practice can help even the most hostile divorced partners cultivate generosity and compassion toward each other.

Why popular gender stereotypes of the “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” variety actually tend to undermine couples relationships.